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Nomination of Two Members of the Panama Canal Commission

April 26, 1982

The President today announced his intention to nominate the following individuals to be members of the Panama Canal Commission.

Andrew E. Gibson would succeed John W. Clark. He is currently president of Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. He was Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Domestic and International Business in 1969-1972. He graduated from Brown University (B.A., 1951) and New York University (M.B.A, 1959). He is married, has four children, and resides in Short Hills, N.J. He was born February 19, 1922.

William W. Watkin, Jr., would succeed Clifford Bradley O'Hara. He is retired executive director, Delaware River Port Authority of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He was brigadier general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in 1968-1972 and Deputy Chief of Staff for Economic Affairs on the staff of Gen. Creighton Abrams in Vietnam in 1970-1972. He is married, has four children, and resides in Medford Lakes, N.J. He was born October 27, 1919.

In addition, William Sidell, a current member of the Board, has agreed to continue to serve as a member of the Board.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Two Members of the Panama Canal Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245347

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